The 2019 NBA Finals are more interesting than other recent years when everyone just bet Golden State and sportsbooks sweated losing a pile of money to the most talented team put together since the Miami Heat of ten years ago. Now, because of Toronto’s talent as well as Golden State’s injuries, the underdog leads the […]

Sportsbooks are happy to make their vig on the large action received on the NCAA Tournament. But a sportsbook can win more or even lose money on the tournament if the action is not well balanced. There will be the occasional game on which the public action is very lopsided. Even after moving the money […]

As a whole the sportsbooks industry may have squeaked out a win overall on Super Bowl 53, but just barely. Some sportsbooks won while others lost. The sportsbooks that were lopsided with Patriots bets made up for the loss with prop bet wins. Brian from Youwager.eu, a popular offshore sportsbook writes: “We lost on the […]

Today is one week before the big NFL Game is played. The current line sits at Patriots -2.5 and the total is 56.5 points. The action has been some of the most lopsided in recent years. One report says that the total bets on the Patriots side is larger that all the other straight (non-prop) […]

Yesterday there were some really bad missed called by the referees of the games. The most infamous of them was a missed pass interference call at the end of the Saints game. However, that game was riddled with missed calls on both sides. See main image for Rams missed calls – or to enlarge click […]

The football action at the sportsbook this weekend was mixed. No real heavy hits or big wins on Saturday as there were only a mixed bag of minor bowl games and a couple NFL games. Sportsbooks lost early on Sunday but more than made up for that in the late games, especially the SNF game. […]

The public loves creative betting. They love parlays, teasers and pleasers. Well, the sportsbooks love them too. There were some straight up upset wins on NFL Sunday that sunk a majority of the teasers. Even though coming into the game the Miami Dolphins were 5-1 at home in December vs. Tom Brady’s Patriots, many people […]

This past weekend was yet another mixed bag for the public and the sportsbooks (it usually is). The roller coaster starts Thursday and culminates on Monday night and starts all over again three days later. Here is a short wrap up from this past weekend’s football betting. In the NFL, the favorites went 7-9 overall […]

Sports betting happens all through the week. But in America, during football season, 75% of all bets are placed on the weekend football games. We try to give our readers some insight as to how the public fared vs the sportsbooks when the weekend is over. Usually the house wins or its more or less […]

Yesterday was a bad one for the sportsbooks. I am sure sports bettors are not shedding a tear however. Even with yesterday’s beating, the season has been remarkably successful for sportsbooks in and outside of Las Vegas. The NFL betting started off good enough for bookmakers on Thursday. 2/3 of the betting public was on […]